Field Notes

Observations from
the operational edge.

Posted Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The work, the patterns, and the things worth saying.

June 29, 2026

A skill isn't a document. It's a drill.

Researchers catalogued how developers configure their AI coding agents across 2,853 repositories. The most neglected mechanism — skills — is also the most misunderstood: almost all of them are static notes. The leverage is in the ones that actually run.
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June 25, 2026

You don't need to code. You need to give orders.

A site tested for ten users crashed under fifteen thousand. Everyone blamed vibe coding. It was a requirements failure — which makes it a leadership problem, not an AI one.
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May 28, 2026

The skill isn't prompting

AI fills in blanks you didn't know existed. The real skill in vibe coding isn't prompting — it's knowing which assumptions to shape before you type the first message.
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